Susan Biddle in England and Jim Siegel in New York City are regular participants in the BIG READ Zoom meetings. They collaborated to create and present this introduction and conversation starters to chapters 53-65 of Phineas Finn and encourage others to team up to do the same for future BIG READs.

Illustration: ‘You must come’ by Sir John Millais, Phineas Finn – London, Virtue and Co., 1869. 2 vols. Originally published in Saint Paul’s Magazine, October 1867 – May 1869.

Phineas Finn resources

Published by London, Virtue and Co., 1869. 2 vols. Originally published in Saint Paul’s Magazine, October 1867 – May 1869.

• Visit our Books and Characters database for character and plot information. Contains plot spoilers.
• Original illustrations by Sir John Everett Millais.
• Download free etext of Phineas Finn from Project Gutenberg